People Name: Murphy, Joseph Dennis Profession: Architect Born/Started: 1908 Died/Ended: 1995 Description: Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Joseph D. Murphy attended Rockhurst College there, and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He joined the Washington University School of Architecture faculty in 1935, and in 1949 was named dean. He formed a partnership with Eugene Mackey in 1952, and they were responsible for designing the Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden in 1961. It is the first fully climate-controlled display greenhouse in the world. When Mackey died in 1968, Murphey formed a new partnership known as Murphy, Downey, Wofford & Richman Architects. Other buildings of Murphy & Mackey are |
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